¹² Rejoice and be glad,^(A) because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.^(B)

²³ “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,^(A) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.^(B)

²⁸ “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’^(A) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,^(B) for the Father is greater than I.^(C)